links for 2010-10-31

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

  • Abstract of research suggesting the more boring solitary practice is the best way to prepare for the spelling bee. Reinforces the theory in "Bounce" by Matthew Syed.

  • A great article on how (and this is my paraphrase, not Doc's words) much of our web experience is being personalised, but only in the sense of who the big websites think we are… based on all the behaviour they've been meticulously tracking. But that's not who we really are. And there lies a serious problem and an exciting opportunity.

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Conversational leadership

David Gurteen tweeted this interesting article (pdf): Conversational Leadership: Thinking together for a change It makes a lot of sense to me pushing for a

Scaling or evolving?

This post really interests me: Innovation for Development: Scaling Up or Evolving? As they complete some pilot experiments in development work the authors recognise that

Jersey

I’ve just given a presentation on Beyond Branding in Jersey. It was fun to take ideas that have been percolating for months and give them

Badgers and the joy of complexity

Great article in today’s Independent. The government decided to take action to stop the spread of TB among cattle. They found that badgers were to

More on what is marketing…

Jennifer Rice continues our rolling dialogue about what marketing’s job is. I appreciate Jen for keeping a good thoughtful exploration going. David Foster at PhotonCourier

Chautauqua

I’ll be taking part in the Chautauqua online discussion of Beyond Branding, from 15th to 29th February. Fellow authors Denzil Meyers, Chris Macrae, Julie Anixter

Microsoft’s embarassing metadata

Found via Richard Gayle is Strike that Out Sam. This is a cheeky exploitation of the fact that Microsoft Word documents retain the fingerprints of

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Emotional debt

Releasing the hidden costs of pent up frustrations

Aliveness

Finding the aliveness below the surface of stuck

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Complexity and Disagreement

I’ve just flown over to the US for a few days, and I grabbed a copy of Roger Lewin’s book on Complexity for the flight over. I enjoyed Lewin’s writing

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The search for meaning

Anita Sharpe picks out a juicy quote from Paul Hawken – “In a postindustrial age, the critical shortages are time and meaning. And people will only give up their time for meaning”

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Rapid prototyping of behaviour

Viv is visiting and we’ve been reflecting on our experiences using the problem theatre approach. Borrowing ideas from the maker movement and agile processes we see this a way of

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Twittering

I’ve got a a twitter account (johnniemoore) and I’m experimenting to see if I like it. You may find I’m a bit erratic in updates. Please add me etc if